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Rig Rundown: Intronaut

The prog-metal upstarts demonstrate the handmade tools they use and prove that it always helps to have a bona fide luthier in the band.

Timnick plugs his guitar directly into his Boss TU-2 tuner. From there, the signal then hits a MXR Il Torino Overdrive, Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor, Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing, Mesa/Boogie Tone Burst, and a Way Huge Echo. The Eventide TimeFactor runs through the Mesa’s effects loop.

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